Szabolcs Menyhei

Szabolcs Menyhei was born in 1980 in Kecskemét. He showed interest in drawing and painting from a very early age and discovered visual arts as means of self-expression. He began his studies at the Kecskemét Fine Arts Academy (Kecskeméti Képzőművészeti Szabadiskola), then graduated from the University of Szeged Faculty of Pedagogy. He received his second degree at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. At the beginning of his career, he taught drawing and art history, and began working for animation projects as a freelancer. In 2009, he decided to work on live action feature films and has been an active participant of the film industry since 2011. Ten years ago, he moved to London for a job opportunity, where he had worked on the visual effects for films such as Star Wars, Avengers, Tenet, or Ant-Man over the past decade. Currently, he works as a lead artist at DNEG Feature Animation.